Lap-ring.



Patented Apr. l5, I902. B. L. KILGURE.

LAP RING (Application filed Aug. 15. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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ROBERT L. KILGORE, OF SECTION, ALABAMA.

LAP-RING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 697,630, dated April 15, 1902.

Application filed August 15,19Q1. Serial No. 72,174. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. KILGORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Section, in the county of Jackson, State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lap-Rings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to lap-rings; and it has for its object to provide a device of this nature which will include two hooks for engagement with the clevis of a plow and the ring of a singletree, respectively, the hooks having keepers of which one looks the other against movement from its operative position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the keepers will have not only the functions of keepers, but will be so connected, constructed, and arranged that they will have other functions, which may be employed in connection with the implement upon which the device is used.

A further object of the invention is to so mount the keepers that when one of them is operated to permit of shifting of the other it will also permit a wrench to function, this permitting keeper acting also to hold the wrench in itsadj usted positions.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, one side plate of the slide-block being partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device with the slide-block and keepers removed.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a lap-ring including a central or body portion 5, having the reversely-turned hooks 6 and 7 at its ends, the hook 6 having the end of its bill beveled on its inner side, while the hook 7 has its bill rabbeted at the inner edge of the extremity thereof. The edge of the body 5 adjacent to the hook 6 is provided with a rack 8, and upon the body is slidably disposed a block, including the plate 9 and the plate 10, which are riveted or otherwise connected, the plate 9 having one end thickened to form the jaw 11, which lies parallel with the jaw 12, formed at the side of the enlargement 13'on the back of the hook 14. Between the ends of the plates, at one side of the body 5, is pivoted a keeper 15 for the hook 7, the free end of which is adapted for engagement with the rabbet of the hook 7 when the keeper is moved pivotally to its limit in the direction of the body, and the block is then slid in the direction of the hook 7. To hold the block against movement and with the keeper engaged with hook 7, a lockinglever 17 is provided. The locking-lever 17 is pivoted between the plates 9 and 10 of the sliding block adjacent to the rack 8. This lever is angular, and its inwardly-bent end 17 is adapted for engagement with the rack to hold the block from moving, the lever being held yieldably in engaged position by means of the helical spring 18, disposed between it and the flange 19 on the plate 9. When the block is to be shifted, the lever is first depressed at its rear end to raise its front end from engagement with the rack. The free end of the lever 17 is beveled, and it'is of such length that when the keeper 15 is engaged with the hook 7 this beveled end will lie against the beveled end of the hook 6, the lever forming a keeper therefor. The keeper 15 is thus held in operative position, and the lever acts not only as a lock for the keeper 15, but also as a keeper for the hook 6. Furthermore, it not only acts as a keeper for hook 6 and a lock for keeper15, but it also locks the block against movement, so that the jaw 11 may cooperate with the jaw 12 to form a wrench. The end of the keeper 15 is tapered, so that when swung outwardly from the hook 7 it may be used as a screw-driver. Thus the block is a common element to the keeper 15,

as it forms a pivotal support therefor and to the lever,as it holds it in operative relation to its hook. These different functions of the device are dependent upon the correlative positions and their individual shapes. The enlargement at the base of the hook 6 may be also used as a hammer, and beyond the enlargement are formed the nail-pulling claws 20. There is thus formed a combined tool and lap-ring in which the same elements perform functions as a lap-ring and as a tool, the tool being useful upon the implement to which the ring is to be connected.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A'lap-ring comprising a body portion having reversely-turned hooks at its ends, said body portion being provided with a rack, a block slidably mounted upon the body portion, and keepers for the hooks pivoted to the block, one of the keepers being constructed and arranged for engagement with the rack to hold the block against movement.

2. A lap-ring comprising a body portion having terminal hooks, a block slidable upon the body portion, and keepers for the hooks mounted upon the block, one of the keepers being constructed for engagement with the body to hold the block at times against movement.

3. A lap-ring comprising a body portion having terminal hooks one of which is provided with a jaw, a block slidable upon the body portion and having a jaw for cooperation with the jaw of the hook, and keepers for the hooks pivoted tothe block, one of the keepers being adapted for engagement with the body to hold the block against movement.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of witnesses.

ROBERT L. KILGORE.

Witnesses:

L. 13. NICHOLSON, J. C. KILeoRE. 

